Vigils, marches and ceremonies: Communities honour Kamloops residential school children

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said May 27 that preliminary findings from a survey conducted by a specialist in ground-penetrating radar indicated the remains of what could be 215 children buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

Since then, people across Canada have been gathered to mourn and pay their respects.

Here are some of the vigils, marches and ceremonies held in recent days. 

Kamloops and B.C.

People sing and drum outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to pay